August 31, 2014

Derrick and his boyfriend Kwame decide to start exercising to get into shape because they both carry some extra pounds. At the gym, they meet Deante, a delicious personal trainer. His gorgeous body definitely inspires them ... in more ways than one.

But when Derrick and Kwame invite Deante over for dinner, they have an ulterior motive. The dessert they have in mind is definitely fat free, and works well with their exercise routine. Will Deante be interested in helping them achieve their physical goals beyond the gym, too?

August 26, 2014

When Marianne meets Ben, she falls for his flirty personality, but before she can get to know him better, he pulls the old bait and switch routine. He's gay, but he has this hot friend he knows she'd really like to meet. Turns out he's right -- Johnny is hot, and within a few months, Marianne's in a happy relationship with the guy of her dreams.

But Ben and Johnny are best friends, and everything they do is done together -- including dates. Before long, Marianne feels like she's seeing both men, even though she's only sleeping with Johnny. Still, she wouldn't turn down the opportunity to welcome Ben into their bedroom, and she's often wondered what it is exactly the two guys get up to when she isn't around.

She finds out when she comes home late from a business trip and catches Johnny and Ben with their pants down in the basement, watching porn. She overhears Ben ask if Johnny will ever get up the courage to ask her about having a threesome -- Ben and Johnny used to be lovers as well as friends, and Ben misses that. But Johnny's afraid of scaring her away.

Looks like Marianne's going to have to take matters into her own hands.

August 25, 2014

Boyishly attractive actor Caesin Faulkner has been cast in a sexually explicit but artistically progressive play at The Ivory Gates Theatre. Under the almost tyrannical eye of the director, Caesin struggles with the emotional intensity of the play and its other, more physical, demands. Combined with his off-stage problems, an abusive ex-boyfriend who refuses to go away and chronic insomnia, his life seems to be going on a downward spiral. But things begin to look up, when he meets a handsome young man named Sebastian.

Sebastian is romantic, kind, intelligent, and opinionated. Though Caesin doesn’t always agree with Sebastian’s philosophies, he can’t help but find the intellect behind the ideas as attractive as the man himself. Romance between them blossoms, but as they grow more fond of one another, Caesin’s struggles seem at odds with his newfound happiness. His sleeping disorder continues, and his tense relationship with his director worsens, the play itself tainting his life. Then there is his ex, a persistent and aggressive man whose jealousies begin to show in ever more violent ways.

The lines between his life and the play begin to blur, and something is reaching through the dreary state he’s found himself in to distort reality even further. Caesin becomes submerged in a haunting apprehension that maybe the two worlds he lives in were never separate to begin with. Maybe everything happens for a reason, a reason that could tear the fabric of his reality to shreds.

August 24, 2014

Aiden is sent to Hawaii to stay with his father, whom he has never met. But when he arrives there he discovers there is no one to meet him. He has no money, and his mother and stepfather do not want him back.

Devastated at their betrayal, hungry and heartsore, he walks away from the airport in a random direction, only to be beaten up and have his belongings stolen by vagrants.

But Aiden is a fighter. The next morning he determines to find help, and on his way he sees three children being attacked by dogs. He jumps in to save them, and the consequences of this act of bravery leads him down a brand new path.

Aiden soon learns that he can choose his own family, and that his past need not always define his future.

August 19, 2014

Some secrets aren't meant to be kept. Serina and her lover Georgia find this out during a night of lovemaking. Serina begins by telling Georgia about a tryst she'd witnessed years ago, between her soon-to-be-wed cousin and another man. Now, just as back then, Serina finds herself still turned on by the memory.

Georgia continues the story-telling game by divulging the sordid details of a brief but risky escapade in semi-public masturbation. By the end of both tales, Serina and Georgia are hungry for more, and Serina has one last story to share.

August 18, 2014

Laurence and Eduardo have been lovers for ten wonderful years, but in the past few months Eduardo has become distant. Still madly in love with his Brazilian hunk, Laurence tries everything he can think of to win Eduardo back. When he catches Eduardo being unfaithful with one of the young servants, Laurence’s world is turned upside down. An argument ensues and Eduardo disappears during the night.

On his own for the first time in his life, Laurence decides to escape his memories of Eduardo by visiting Paris indefinitely. He stays at the new, opulent Hotel Regina where he meets Brenton, a fellow Brit. They visit the Moulin Rouge and afterwards, Brenton takes him to a club in the backstreets of Montmatre. Le Cul Noir is a men’s club where Laurence discovers he hasn’t been as outrageous as he previously thought.

He grows to care for Brenton, but he’s surprised to find himself thinking more and more about Eduardo. He knows he can’t have them both, but does he try to forget all about the love of his life and stay in Paris? Or does he have to find the courage to say goodbye to Brenton and go in search of Eduardo -- a man who may be lost to him forever?

August 17, 2014

Brazilians on the Vineyard by Dominick is now available in e-book format!

Invited by his friends to spend a week in Martha's Vineyard, single player Dominick is thrown into the dysfunction of Ricky's extended family -- the irate cousin, his drunk daughter, and the bickering hosts. Seeking solace from the drama, he decides to hook up on this popular but not very gay vacation Island.

Unfortunately, his attempts at meeting other vacationers and native Islanders alike fall flat.

It's only when he discovers the island's Brazilian seasonal labor force that his luck changes. His unexpected encounters with passionate Brazilians rock his world, and one special guy, Alé, turns it upside down. Can the two of them forge a bond that transcends language, boundaries, and seasons?

August 12, 2014

The Glass Minstrel by Hayden Thorne is now available in e-book format!

It is the Christmas season in mid-19th century Bavaria. Two fathers, Abelard Bauer and Andreas Schifffer, are brought together through the tragic deaths of their sons. Bauer, a brilliant toymaker, fashions glass Christmas ornaments, and his latest creation is a minstrel with a secret molded into its features.

When Schiffer sees Bauer’s minstrel ornament in the toy shop, he realizes that Bauer is struggling to keep his son’s memory alive through his craft. At first he tries to fault him for this, but then recognizes that he, too, is seeking solace and healing by reading his son’s diary, a journal that reveals, in both painful as well as beautiful detail, the true nature of Heinrich’s relationship with Stefan.

Fifteen-year-old Jakob Diederich is the son of a poor widow. The boy is burdened with his own secret, and he develops an obsession with a traveling Englishman who stays at the inn where Jakob works. The lives of Bauer, Schiffer, and Diederich intersect during the holiday as Schiffer tries to focus on his family in the present, Bauer struggles to reconcile his past, and Jakob copes with an uncertain future.

Echoing the sensibilities of melancholy 19th Century folktales, lyrical prose and rich period detail quietly weave a moving tale of redemption, hope, and haunting, but timeless, themes.

August 11, 2014

My Beagle, the Yenta by Terry O'Reilly is now available in e-book format!

Bryan Jacobson has thrown his cheating boyfriend out. Gracie, Bryan’s little beagle dog is glad. She never liked Rob much as he was mean to her. Good Riddance as far as she’s concerned. She’s happy now it’s just the two of them. However, Gracie soon discovers her Bryan is not content.

Even though Rob was a jerk, it seems Bryan needs more than the love of a little dog to feel complete. So, Gracie maneuvers Bryan into taking her to the dog park where she’s sure she’ll find Bryan a new man to make him happy again.

The dog park is full of dogs and their humans. But which human goes with which dog? And even if she figures that out, how will she get Bryan to meet the right human for him? She does her best to find her Bryan the man of his dreams. But can a little beagle dog really be a successful matchmaker?

August 10, 2014

Hell, Look at Me by Edward Kendrick is now available in e-book format!

Scene designer Charlie Cox is in a clandestine relationship with the theater's lead actor, Ricky Moore. Charlie knows it will never be more than that because Ricky is too egotistical to want to be seen in public with a man who has deep burn scars on one arm. Not that Charlie blames him, since he's certain he’s a freak in almost everyone's eyes.

Jace Parish, the scene shop boss, is in love with Charlie but will never let him know. Jace thinks he’s uninteresting because he’s thirty and starting to bald, which makes him look middle-aged. He also has never admitted to anyone he works with that he’s gay.

Liam Dolan owns the gym where Jace comes to work out his anger and frustration. Liam has been drawn to Jace from the beginning but believes Jace is straight, so has never revealed his feelings to Jace.

Ricky Moore knows he is using Charlie for his own selfish ends. What Ricky can't figure out is why, when he can and does have anyone he wants in his bed, he keeps coming back to Charlie.

These four men have preconceived ideas about themselves and each other. What will it take for them to realize love is possible, if they will only give it a chance?

August 5, 2014

Heavy Metal Cowboy Blues by J.D. Walker is now available in e-book format!

Lester “Les” McCoy is a retired cowboy who now lives in the city, working days at the Ranch and Feed. He loves his country music. Not so his tenant, Damien Ridley, who lives downstairs in his duplex and works evenings at the gym.

”Metal boy,” as Les likes to call him, prefers to listen to all things rock and metal at decibels that make his ears bleed. Damien is attracted to Les, which he makes abundantly clear with those translucent gray eyes and his hot, kissable mouth. Problem is, although Les is in lust with Damien, he's an old prairie bachelor and sees his metal boy as too young for a roll in the hay. He'd rather be put out to pasture.

Enter a friend who's gay-bashed and a co-worker who kicks his head out of his ass, and Les reconsiders whether a heavy metal dude can help an old cowboy with the blues.

August 4, 2014

Who is murdering the Eastern States Football League officials in Vanmer, Pennsylvania? And why is the killer using Vanmer Vipers’ helmets as murder weapons?

Johnny Knight, photojournalist for the Independent, takes on one of the most dangerous jobs and responsibilities he has ever attempted. As he begins to unravel clues about the Helmet Killer murders, he uncovers a gambling ring involving numerous Viper players and a real estate mogul with a town full of secrets. And what about the missing money from the first victim, a whopping nine hundred thousand dollars? Is a Viper footballer paying off his steep gambling debts by murdering well-to-do officials?

Along the way, Johnny falls in love with two very attractive and different men -- the sexy owner of McMuscles Gym, Matthew McDestin, and the jockish running back for the Vanmer Vipers, Beckley Roarke. Both have a piece of Johnny's heart, and both really don't want to share Johnny. So what's a detective to do when he's seeing two hotties at the same time?

Can Johnny piece together the puzzle of murder and bring the Helmet Killer to justice, putting Vanmer at peace again?

August 3, 2014

Bedker Beecher is a baker by night and a university student by day. When he arrives at work one evening to hear he has to train two apprentices from the Vocational School for the Hearing Impaired, he is taken aback. But his stress is lessened by the immediate attraction he feels towards one of the young men, Perry.

The other man, Rupert, is a different matter. He is homophobic and calls Bedker a 'four-eyed Indian faggot’ in sign language to Perry. When he realizes Bedker understands sign language, Rupert storms out of the bakery in disgust.

Left alone in a silent bakery at night, Bedker and Perry give in to the passion growing between them. As things heat up between them, they expand their sexual repertoire by opening up to new, unconventional, and even forbidden possibilities. Will Rupert be able to handle his coworkers’ budding relationship? Or will his homophobia be the wedge between them that drives all three apart?